Yes, Great stuff Steve & Randy,
Keep that Ohio stuff coming! Dale On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]>wrote: > ENTS- > > Went to an area called Whipp's Ledges this past weekend, one of several > areas in NE Ohio that has exposed sandstone bedrock(Sharon conglomerate) > forming sheer cliffs and slump blocks. Most of these areas are now parks; > Whipp's Ledges is one of the more extensive areas. There are many large > trees especially at the base of the rock ledges. This site differs from the > other similar sites is species composition. No hemlocks are found here, > while they are very common at all the other similar locations, and Magnolia > is very frequent, perhaps the most common canopy tree after beech and > tulip-tree. Below are some circumferences and heights. The canopy was still > very dense, so I'm sure greater heights can be recorded after leaf-drop. > Photos attached. > > Tulip-tree 11'6"x113' > Pignut 7'8''x111' > Magnolia 8'1''x? > Red Oak 14'x? > Red Maple 9'8''x107' > Beech 10'3''x109' > Sugar Maple 9'2''x? > > Steve > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
